Rural Grant Library Rural Grant Library
Health and Human Services Commission
Office of Rural Hospital Finance & Coordination
as of 07/16/2025
Contact HHSC-RHFC team at Ruralhospitalhelp@hhs.texas.gov for questions or comments
Anticipated
Application Funding
Award Targeted Providers Status Funding Focus Area Opportunity Name & Number Additional Information
Deadline Agency
Amount
$5,000 High school or Closed 8/8/2025 Education 2025 TORCH Foundation Lindsey HortonFoundation
Memorial Scholarship
Summary: The Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals (TORCH)
undergraduate student provides a college scholarships to rural Texas residents/students beyond the
Permian Basin region seeking a career in healthcare.
Funding Type: Foundation
Anticipated Number of Awards: n/a
$15,000 Nonprofit 501(c)(3) Open 8/22/2025 Social or Healthcare Services 2025 TORCH Foundation Community Impact
Foundation
Scholarship
Summary: TORCH Foundation is inspired by and seeks to honor those
organizations based in charitable, service-oriented organizations whose purpose is to improve the
Texas and assists in the lives and circumstances of rural residents. Funds through this scholarship
delivery of social or must be used to assist in the delivery of social or healthcare services in rural
healthcare services in communities or in addressing social determinants of health for residents of
rural communities. those communities.
Funding Type: Foundation
Anticipated Number of Awards: 1
$0 Critical Access Hospitals, Open 8/20/2025 Technical Assistance HRSA
Rural Hospital Stabilization Program (RHSP) Summary: Provides assistance to rural hospitals, at no cost, to help them
Prospective Payment improve their financial stability through comprehensive assessment and
System hospitals, Rural planning that support data-driven decisions, and expand needed services.
Emergency Hospitals, The Center will host a 75-minute webinar on August 5 at 3:00 pm Eastern
and Indian Health to share more details about how participation in the RHSP.
Service hospitals Funding Type: Federal
Anticipated Number of Awards: 8
Varies Rural EMS Open Open year EMS TxDOT Rural Frontier EMS Education GrantTxDot Summary: The goal of Rural/Frontier EMS Education Funding is to improve
round the availability of training in these areas and EMS involvement in local
communities. Through this program, TEEX can assist agencies and
departments with initial, refresher, instructor and continuing education
training.
The grant cycle runs yearly from October 1 through September 30. In order to
ensure a smooth class start, classes cannot begin prior to October 15 and
must conclude by September 15.
Funding Type: State
Anticipated Number of Awards: n/a
Varies Nonprofit 501(c)(3) Open 9/15/2025 Education, Sid W. Richardson Foundation Grants Foundation Summary: Provides grants to nonprofit organizations in Texas that address
organizations based in Health, education, healthcare, human services, and the arts. Applications for the
Texas and serving Human Service, Spring Process must be received no later than February 1, and applications
residents of Texas are Cultural Organizations for the Fall Process must be received no later than September 15.
eligible to apply. Application process requires a Letter of Intent.
Funding Type: Foundation
Anticipated Number of Awards: n/a
Varies 24 counties in rural Open Open year Education, T.L.L. Temple Foundation Grants Foundation Summary: Provides support in six areas: Education, Economic Opportunity,
Eastern Texas round Economic Opportunity, Health, Human Services, Arts and Culture, and Environment and
Health, Conservation.
Human Services, LOI Deadline for January 2025 board meeting – October 4, 2024
Arts and Culture LOI Deadline for April 2025 board meeting – January 17, 2025
Environment and LOI Deadline for July 2025 board meeting – April 11, 2025
Conservation LOI Deadline for October 2025 Board meeting – July 18, 2025
Funding Type: Foundation
Anticipated Number of Awards: n/a
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Anticipated
Application Funding
Award Targeted Providers Status Funding Focus Area Opportunity Name & Number Additional Information
Deadline Agency
Amount
$250,000 MHM’s 74 service countiesForecasted 10/11/2025 Access to Care, Methodist Healthcare Ministries Foundation Summary: Focus areas include: access to care, digital equity, housing,
Broadband, education & workforce development, and food security.
Housing, 2025 grant applications open September 3.
Recruitment & Retention, Funding Type: Foundation
Food security Anticipated Number of Awards: n/a
Varies Permian Basin and Open Open year Community Development, Permian Basin Area Foundation Grant Foundation Summary: Support the following areas: animal services, arts and culture,
TransPecos regions round Education, Environment, community development, education, environment, health and mental health,
Health and Mental Health, housing and shelter, human and social services, youth development.
Housing, etc. The application deadline for the Spring cycle is April 1. The application
deadline for the Fall cycle is October 1.
Funding Type: Foundation
Anticipated Number of Awards: n/a
Varies Permian Basin Open Open year Healthcare, F. Marie Hall Foundation Grant Foundation Summary: To incubate and support programs, projects and activities in
geographical area of round Visual and Performing Arts, specific areas that demonstrate excellence, innovation, collaboration and
West Texas Community and Culture multi-disciplinary approaches and operate in the Permian Basin.
Grants are awarded four times per year.
Funding Type: Foundation
Anticipated Number of Awards: n/a
$1,000 Public charity or private Open Open year Arts and Culture, Entergy Micro Grants Corporation Summary: Provides support in areas: arts and culture; community
foundation that qualifies round Community Improvement, improvement/enrichment; economic development, education/literacy,
as a 501(c)(3) tax- Economic Development, environment and healthy families.
exempt entity; a school, Education and Literacy, Communities within Entergy's service area in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi,
hospital, governmental Environment, and Texas.
unit or religious Healthy families Funding Type: Corporation
institution that holds Anticipated Number of Awards: n/a
nonprofit status similar
to that of 501(c)(3)
organizations.
65% discount Rural public or nonprofit Closed 7/1/2025 Broadband Healthcare Connect Fund Program Universal Summary: Provides a 65% discount on eligible broadband connectivity
entity Services expenses for eligible rural health care providers (HCPs). You can apply as an
Administrative individual health care provider or as a consortium, i.e., a group of HCPs that
Co. can be both rural and non-rural.
The next filing window for FY2026 will open on December 1, 2025, and close
on April 1, 2026.
FY2025 will close July 1, 2025.
Funding Type: Utility Service
Anticipated Number of Awards: n/a
Varies Rural public or nonprofit Closed 7/1/2025 Broadband Telecommunications Program Universal Summary: The Telecommunications (Telecom) Program provides reduced
entity Services rates to rural health care providers (HCPs) for telecommunications and voice
Administrative services for the use of telemedicine and telehealth.
Co. Funding Year (FY) 2026 will take place from July 1, 2026, through June 30,
2027. For FY2026, applicants can begin the competitive bidding process as
early as July 1, 2025. The filing window for FY2026 is from December 1, 2025,
through April 1, 2026.
FY2025 will close July 1, 2025.
Funding Type: Utility Service
Anticipated Number of Awards: n/a
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Anticipated
Application Funding
Award Targeted Providers Status Funding Focus Area Opportunity Name & Number Additional Information
Deadline Agency
Amount
Maximum Intermediaries may use Open Open year Economic Development, USDA
Rural Economic Development Loan & Grant Summary: Provides funding for rural projects through local utility
Grant Amount: funds to lend for projects round Facility and Equipment, organizations. USDA provides zero-interest loans to local utilities which they,
$300,000 in rural areas or towns Business Expansion in turn, pass through to local businesses (ultimate recipients) for projects that
with a population of will create and retain employment in rural areas.
Maximum Loan fewer than 50,000 The deadlines for completed applications to be received in the RD State
Amount: $2 residents Office. First Quarter, September 30, 2024; Second Quarter, December 31,
million 2024; Third Quarter, March 31, 2025, and Fourth Quarter, June 30, 2025.
Cost Sharing or match requirement.
Funding Type: Federal
Anticipated Number of Awards: 40
Varies Cities, villages, towns, Open Open year Financial Assistance Community Facilities Direct Loan & Grant USDA Summary: Provides affordable funding (including low-interest direct loans,
townships, and federally round grants, or a combination of the two) to develop essential community facilities
recognized Tribal lands (including hospitals) in rural areas. Competitive grant.
with under 20,000 Funding Type: Federal
residents are eligible to Anticipated Number of Awards: n/a
apply.
Varies Eligible applicants must Open Open year Financial Assistance Business and Industry Loan Guarantees USDA Summary: Provides financial backing for rural businesses, which can include
be located in a rural round rural hospitals. This is guaranteed loan to eligible lenders backed by the
area with no more than federal government.
50,000 residents. A Funding Type: Federal
borrower's headquarters Anticipated Number of Awards: n/a
may be located in a
larger area, but the
project must be located
in an eligible rural area.
Maximum Public bodies Open Open year Facilities USDA in Texas
Community Facilities Guaranteed Loan Program Summary: Provides loans to eligible lenders to develop essential community
loan: $100 Indian tribes on Federal round facilities in rural areas. The maximum amount of a guaranteed loan is $100
million and State reservations million. The loan amount includes the guaranteed and unguaranteed portion.
Federally-recognized Funding Type: Federal
Tribes Anticipated Number of Awards: n/a
Non-profit organizations
$5,000 - Nurses in rural Texas Open Open year Recruitment & Retention Texas Nurse Loan Repayment Assistance
Texas
Program
Higher Summary: Provides loan repayment assistance for nurses that have been
$16,000 round Education working in Texas for at least one year. Funding priorities include: renewal
Coordinating applicants, applicants working in rural areas, work locations with higher
Board primary care HPSA scores, RNs will have priority over LVNs, who will have
priority over APRNs.
Funding Type: State
Anticipated Number of Awards: n/a
$10,000 - Mental Health Open Open year Recruitment & Retention Texas Loan Repayment Program for Mental
TexasHealth
HigherProfessionals
Summary: Provides loan repayment award between $10,000 and $160,000
$160,000 Professionals round Education to qualified mental health professional practicing in a Mental Health
Coordinating Professional Shortage Area (MHPSA) and providing services to recipients
Board under a medical assistance program.
Funding Type: State
Anticipated Number of Awards: n/a
$180,000 Licensed Physician Open Open year Recruitment & Retention Texas Physician Education Loan Repayment
Texas Program
Higher Summary:
(PELRP) Provides loan repayment awards to physicians who practice in
round Education Texas, with priority given to primary care physicians who agree to practice in
Coordinating Health Professional Shortage Areas for 4 years.
Board Funding Type: State
Anticipated Number of Awards: n/a
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Anticipated
Application Funding
Award Targeted Providers Status Funding Focus Area Opportunity Name & Number Additional Information
Deadline Agency
Amount
$6,000 Certified medical Open Open year Recruitment & Retention Healthcare Apprenticeship Initiative GrantTexas Summary: Supports the healthcare industry by increasing the number of
assistant round Workforce career pathway opportunities for registered nurses (RN) and healthcare
Certified nurse assistant Commission professionals in the State. This Healthcare Apprenticeship Initiative
Licensed vocational (“Initiative”) is designed to offer employers an innovative approach to hiring
nurse and training future nurses and healthcare staff by expanding opportunities for
Related healthcare fields students who wish to pursue career pathways to RN certification and other
healthcare fields.
Funding Type: State
Anticipated Number of Awards: n/a
$10,000 Non-physician licensed Closed 2/13/2025 Recruitment & Retention TDA Program
2025 Rural Communities Health Care Investment Summary:
(RCHIP)Assist rural communities in recruiting health care providers, other
healthcare providers in a than physicians, to practice in their community by providing partial student
medically underserved loan reimbursements or stipend payments to non-physicians.
areas (MUA) in Texas. Recurring grant. 2026 grant information has not been released
Funding Type: State
Anticipated Number of Awards: n/a
$13,800 Rural Hospitals Closed 1/9/2025 IT TDA (SHIP)
2025 Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program Summary: Supports quality improvement (QI)
efforts and adaptation to changing payment systems through investments in
hardware, software, and related trainings.
Recurring grant. 2026 grant information has not been released.
Funding Type: State
Anticipated Number of Awards: ~ 70
$100,000 Rural Hospitals Closed 4/23/2025 Capital Improvement TDA Program
2025 Rural Health Facility Capital Improvement Summary:
(CIP) Supports capital improvements to existing facilities, construction
of new health facilities, or purchase of capital equipment. Requires a 25%
match.
Funding Type: State
Anticipated Number of Awards: ~ 30
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